The Sun. — London, England, 1818-06-13 00:00:00

CAP fAIN .11UR AY Ai ..kIS - .WELL, R. N. We 'heartily congrntulate the ELECTORS of WE - sTMIN3ThiI in the opportunity which this kientlemen has afforded them of flo . 4ng honour to themselves, and of tesening their City from a des perate Banditti, who are endeavouring to gain possession of it. Captain MAxivELL is a gallant British Tar ; he has seen active service, and he Dever had occasion to display I;is powers that he did mit Conte off with honour. THE SUN is said to-be the 11a , 11141 eie:ll , llt of Utitons. It is Ter tainly a defence that NAIURE has bestowed on them in a peculiar drgree, but a still better de , . fence is the character of the BrirrlSH NAVY. The rocks, which•Natare has assigned to 113, May defend its fiatni invasion, but •‘ THE WoonEN WALLS,“ when manned by our heroic country /nen, not only enable its to protect our roast, but to at-quite tour H every part Of the globe. Captain MURRAY Max , ' ELL is a favrinrite and a tonspictions 'character oolong those " peat is 01 Oak," our garart Tars. Tkere is not a part of t h e D r ift s ', Empife that might not he prowl of hating such a ;eau for its Representative, or that wilt not envy Westminster for enjoying so ho• tfourable a distinction. His loyalty is undoubt ed, his courage and his fortitude have been manifested off many occasions. Such a man Must be actuated by true public spit it. lie till scorn to flitter the people, or to ctinge to Ministers. It is said, however, that be has the wishes of Govern ment in his favour, not because lie is expected to become A sycophant, but becAu3e he is an honour to his profession—a protession vitally interwoven with the interest and the glory of our country. Can. the E'ectors of We,tintnster degrade themselves, by putting such a man as Captain MAXWELL in comparison with the seditious gang who want to place their Re;:reseittatires, not the Representa tives of the holiest Citizens of Westminster, who, we trust, cons'itioe a very large nrajority, in the ensuing Pailiament ? If Captain MaxsitELL is elected, they will have a Representative of their loyalty, their public spirit, their attachment to the CONSTITUTION in CHURCH and STATE—that Constitution which has placed Great Biitain upon tot eminence towards which all other countries look with reverence and envy. Shall then a GANG or' REBELS be suffered to have the least chance of foisting some desperate miscreants into the Le gislature of this Empire, wretches who have an utter detestation of all Lt v, and would use at.y power which they might be ab!e to obtain in at tempts to overthrow the Government of the Cwitory ? As a proof of the clang, rous latitude of their vietvs, they consider Sir SAstuaL 110- MILLY, who has too often lent his abilities to an eupwent support of their cause, as unfit to be thew Represerthaire,—and why ? because he has the education of a Gentleman ; because he belongs to an honourable profession, in which, if his po litical conduct had been different, he might fairly hove aspired to its higiiest honours ; Le cause, though he joins with Opposition in Patna ment, he does not want to subvert the Govetn- Ineilt, and is too wise, and too well acquainted with mankind, to suppose, that, in the present state of society, it would be possible for any re gular Government to exist under ANNult. PAR LI and UNIVERSAL SUFFKAGF„ which must produce eternal coefusion, and lead to all the horrors of anarchy. For these reasons, Sir SAMUEL I(oMILLY is HOC deemed a fit Represen tative tor the BANDITTI, who are anxtona to obtain supreme confrnnt in the City of Westmin ster. To return to Captain MAXWELL. It Lord COCHRANE had never been involved in circum stances which, without entering into the ques tion of his innocence or guilt, on matters uncon nected with the profession of which, it must be a ll o wed, that be was a shining ornament if he bad not manifested an attachment to political opi nion's which lead to consequences of the most dangerous kind, and if he were then called away from his Parliamentary duties to the naval service of his country, no man would have been so fit to succeed him, if not engaged on a similar duty, as Captain Muttasv Marc ELL. Lord Hoon and Lord GARDNER were Representatives of West minster. They a ere both ornaments of our .great National Service. Captain MAXWELL is their worthy - successor, and, we trust, the Electors of Westminster will feel their own dignity too much to slight the opportunity of chasing a man, whose character, in every relation of life, is en titled to the highest respect a nd esteem of his countrymen. We cannot conclude this just tri bute to a truly meritorious chatacter better than by adverting to his conduct when the Alceste, of which lie wa's the Commaneer, when em ployed in the Embassy to China, struck on a sunken rock in passing the Straits of Gas par, and was tonally wrecked. All on board fortunately escaped to an uninhabited island in the middle of the Strait. Captain MAXWELL was the last person who left the ship. Lord AMHERST conducted himself with exemplary for titude on the occasion, and after it was settled that his Lordship and about forty -of his suite should go in the barge and cutter to Batavia, the rest remained on the island, to wait for shipping to take - them off. To add to the anxieties and pri vations which they suffered, the island was block aded by Malay Pirates, of the most ferocious de scription, whose proas at last increased to the in number of sixty. Sixteen days were passed this alarming and malancholy situation, without any relief from Batavia, absolute want staring them in the face on one hand, and destruction from the savages, who, to the number of 600, were closely pressing upon them on the other. in this desperate extremity, the example of their Leader, Captain MaxwEee, kept up the spirits of his peo ple. On the last evening of their abode on the island, they had every reason to believe that the savages meditated a combined attack. On this occasion, when the officers and men were-assem bled under arms to settle the watches, Captain NAxwELL, with great animation, addressed them in the following manner, as stated in the unaf fected, faithful, and interesting narrative of Mr. M`Lsoo, Surgeon of the „Waste .-- " My lads, you must all have observed this day, as well as myself, the great increase of the enemy's force, for enemies we must now consider them, and the threatening posture they have assumed. I have, on various gniunds, strong rea son to believe that they will attach us this Might. 1 :10 not' We received this morning the Paris Papers of . Wednesday last. The Monileur contains a copy of a Convention between France and the TwO Sicilies, concluded the Ist inst. at Paris, by which the ptivileges and exemptions hitherto en joyed by Frenchmen in the Two Sicilies are agreed to be abolished in common with similar privileges and exemptions enjoyed by the subjects of other nations,. and it is conceded in return by lie Sicilian Government, that Frenchmen, aid French commerce, in the Sicilian dominions shall be placed upon the footing of the roost fa voured nations ; and that there shall be ;n future a diminution of one-tenth of the custom duties in favour of French produce and merchandize. Similar conventions have been concluded by the Sicilian Government with Great Britain and Spain, by which British and Spanish subjects respectively are equally deprived of the privileges and exemp tions they had hitherto enjoyed, the Sicilian Go vernment making concessions in return similar to those granted in the convention wi!li France. The French Five per Cents. rose on Tuesday to 74 f. 10 c. : they before the close fell back a few cents., and left off at 73 f. 90 c. The Deferred Stock was at 84 f. S 5 c. The following are extracts : " PARIS, JUNE 10.—The Count de Gand, a Peer of France, died yesterday morning of an attack of apoplexy. " In the night of the 7th inst. a• fire broke out at Seignolles, between Provins and Dennemarie, by which 30 houses were destroyed. A woman and a child perished in the flames. " The Marquis de Marialva, Ambassador from the King of Portugal to the Court of France, ar rived at Paris on Monday. " The .Duke of Wellington, it is understood, proceeds to Cambray, on his departure from hence, at the end of the week. Yesterday morn ing his Grace received visits from the Duke of Or leans and the Duke de Richelieu. " Tue Count de Marcien, second Secretary of Embassy, set out last night from Paris to Rome. " COBURG, MAY 30.—The marriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent with the Prin cess Dowager of Leiningen, took place yesterday evening at 9 o'clock, amidst salvoes of artillery from the fortress. His Royal Highness, who was not expected here till the 27th, arrived on the 2(ith, having been precedes; by the Princess of Leiningen. The august couple will proceed im mediately to England, and will return, it is said, to reside in Germany." The Opposition Writers still insinuate that it was ungracious on the part of the PatscE REGKNT to Dissolve the Parliament in Person, and they quote the authority of Mr. HATSELL on, the occa sion. IVith all possible respect for the private dia racter, the knowledge and experience of that Gentleman, we conceive that he is not War ranted by the very few itnitances of the kind tor .draw such au inicrence. We rather deem the act, upoll tte present occason at least,- and Ills tory has not left grounds sufficient to judge of former instances, as proceeding, as we before ob served, from a due Sense Of the dignity of4he I hrone, and a laudable mink of respect to the People. Stith we have reason so InNelycori= vince'd was the sentiml!nt and t.htpurpos'Sfi"..the ItEGP.ST on this OCaSioil, and it will hel•eafrer be recorded as a proof of his pro: per estimation of his own exalted station arid of . his respect for the gyration at large roatcmooTn, Jut i2.—Arrived the Lord Sidmouth, GUNNER, from Bombay; sailed ISth J.Antiary, left the Cape 2tl Apt il, St. Helena on 14th April. The seconc Lieutenant of the Grjlon sloop of war informed Captain GUNNER that 800.. NAPARTE was well, and that there was to be Races on the 1-land on that day, and he was expected to attend them. 'f tra QUEEN.—HCI' MAJESTY rode out in her gatden on Thursday evening for about an hour and a half, with which she was Muck refreshed after the excessive heat of the day. Sir HENRY Hilroap came to town yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, from attending the KING at Win• l sor ; and in addition to the daily attendance of Sir FRANCES MILMAN, Sir HENRY HALFORD visited her MAJESTY, and we are extremely happy to say, that in addition to the favourable account of her MAJESTY having had a very good night, the report during yesterday wits--" The QUEEN continues much better." - Ltlntcrtous AFFlDAvvr.—The following Oath •was yesterday taken by llr. llusr, hefore the LORD MAYOR, at the Mansion-House. The matter speaks for itself so hilly, tts well as the self-denial of the Deponent in swearing to refuse what is so very likely to be offered to him, that it would he to waste ridicule to do wore than subjoin the Atfi ilavit itself : " 1, HENRY HUNT, do hereby Voluntarily and solemnly swear, that I will never accept oi take from the hind, or his Ministers, either directly or indirectly, tar myself or any of my fatuity, any place, pension, emolument, grant, contract, title, or any other gratuity whatsoever. I will never cease my endeavours to obtain tor every man . above the age of eighteen years, a vote for a Ileproventative in the Commons - Rows, of Parliament ;—I will never fail te exert my most strenuous endeavours to repeal that cruel, unjust, and parti,ll Law, the Starvation Act —com monly called the Corn Bill; will keep the loin for the City of Westminster open till the last moment allowed by law. (Signed) "lIENIi lIUNT. " 8, Norfolk-street, Strand, June 12, 181 S." In another part of our Paper will he found an advertisement trom the Anti-monopoly Commit tee, for a Meeting of the Persons uho signed the Petition to Parliament against the arbitrary Li censing System. The subscribing Pi4rties, if we mistake not, amounted to font teen thousand.— The manner in ‘vhich their Petition hay been treated by time Committee of the House of Com mons, appointed to consider it, we understand, will be the subject of consideration. In reference to the late report of the death of CHRISTOFFIR, Sovereign of the South side of Hayti, we are enabled to say, that letters trom Cape Francais are in town to the Ist of May (and certainly they are the most recent from that quarter in Emope), at which time his MAJESTY was in the best possible state of health.—Oluriting Chronicle) he PRINCE REGENT, it is said, takes frequent rides in his buggy into the country, in the even ings, dressed in the plainest -manner, and gene rally with only one attendant. In a late EXCIff- Sioll with Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD, the heat of the weather drove him to seek for some bever age to quench his thirst, at a gardener's cottage by the wayside, where his Royal Highness waited, till his hostess prepared tea for him, of which he partook most heartily. THE DUIiE ANIYDUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER'S EN TERTAIN M ENT.— Ihurschy the Duke and Duchess ol GLOUCESTER had a numerous party to dinner. In the eveniu; their Royal Highnesses had a splen did and select party. The lower suite of rooms were refreshed with sonic charming growing plants and flowers, consisting of geraniums in floater,. and myrties in bloom, pinks, various he,,ths, and a great variety of exotics.—Among the company were—the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the Duke and of Can't,' idge, and their Suite; Duchess of York ; the Laudgrave of Hesse. Cassel, the Prince and Princess . of Scowberg Lippe, (lie Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester, the Marchioness of Hastings, the Dowager and Duchess of Leeds, Lady Mary Erskine, the Earl and Countess of Elision, the Earl and Countess Ponlet, Viscount and Viscountess Duncannou,, &c. &c. &c. A letter from I .lrighton, dated June 11, says— " Last night the return of the Prince and Pt incess of 11Essti flomuutto from their aquatic exclusion on board the Tiber frigate was terminated by a very singular event, in consequence of the .ship running aground off the Black Bucks. We are happy, however, to learn that no injury was sus tained. At high tid.a this morning the spilt lad got off, anti was safely stationed at her moot ings in the Roads; but, in Consequence of the acci dent, no Royal Salute was given when the distin guished guests left the vessel." • CELEBRATION DINNER.—A dinner took place on Monday last, ita Dublin, in honour of the arrival of Tuos.MoottE,F4sq. in that city. Lord CLIARLENIoNT Was in the ch air, and many distinguished character , in Ireland were present. Mr. pools and other Gentlemen gratified the company with songs; tic. and the day passed off with great festivity. Who shall say that a Poet is not honoured in his own times, awl in his own country ? We arc desired to state, that the. Second Vo lume of Archdeacon Coxes Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, with his Original Correspondence, collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and other authentic sources; illustrated with Por traits, Maps, and Military Plans, will be published by Messrs. LONGIIAN and Co. on Tuesday, the 30th instant.-- 7 -The Third and last Volume will be ready in November. The Right Ilan. JOHN flit[ Y JlDDisol 05' We feel very deep concern in annonocing Ole death of this Genttertian, who had ,honoured tts with his friendship for mavy years.. His illness wAs long coniinued Mul skFte, horse - with tire forfortitude cif a l Titilosophe?•anktl the resignnation of a Chriitian. 4 ,nioiT amiable and accompli, , hed char acter never existed. lie *at i n the hi g h e st degre e bt li loved iit . tlie — fratieiliafe circle of his familY; an' esteemed by the most distin gu i s h e d chara cter ; in the Kingdoni. fill retained all his earlier, ' College connexions, to th e l as t, a nd all mete • anxious (or his we lf are . His attainments Were solid as %veil a s e l ega nt, an d hi s manners affab le, There was . . spirited, and p et f ec tly w e ll- b re d. a refinement in his taste which pervade d II"- whole chara c t e r, a nd h e ma yb e tru ly s a id to bav6 formed a model for the study of those who,;° l3nb i lie or private life, Would attain the character of the FINISHED GENTLEMAN. VISCOIMI S/DMOUTH left town on Wedoe s(l3Y ; in consequence of the most alarming accoeots f ti the state of his Brother, and arrived at Lana Court a few hoU r s a ft e r the me l anc h o ly event .P e taken place. As th e ti es o f co sangu inity vve l , strengthened by those of the m os t co rdial fri eW r ship, we know not whether we should regret flea f the Noble Lord was spared the dreadful Pang fire patting with a beloved brother and friend, ie t has at least the consolation o f knowing, rl' at : l ,l latter was exempted from the agOny of }' iz separation, and that an object of just ittcl esteem is relieved from all human s niferi'''; ' under a complaint which admitted. of little 11(11 , r , and is now gone to receive the reward Of 311 honourabhe to himself and useful to his couotfl. Guy AIEF.,TINGS. The people in general cannot ,bat be for' ) i s struck with the difference between the iNi ecifr of the FrienAs of Order and good Goverolflej':, tl and those of the WATsoNs, th e Eirt 4 T s ' ; ic WooLe NS, and such Disturbers of. the peace, when they read the accounts of th C ° c City AleCtings of yesterday, one among iends of TitomAs WILsoN, Esq., l ,tnt%trge tiag a r Ceudidite for the City of Luldon, and th e among the Friends of Tii()M AS 1101VGROF T ' —:¢ At both of these Meetings (of which see acc°'l'.li in our last page) we find nothing but li ber3 , li : . and good order. In the latter particularly, ""g will find with what noble candour and tol e 5 : 1 : 1 9 tt of justice a Gentleman, aspiring to one of highest honours which can be obtained in ib f l free Country, can treat a rival. :Mr. ilow cga i r with that manliness by whi c h hi s charact er .“l ei , always been distingnished, bore the most orto and generous testimony to the personal tl and just pretensions of Mr. WILSON to portant office which both solicit, and also el 0 0 with liberal fervour in support of Sir M i ' l ,,,t CuaTts, as an old tried friend of his giog Country, and one who fully deserved Hod o"g i c ` t it i, receive the continued support of his Fell"` 3l ' ct 0‘ zees. Look, on the other hand, to the 0 .44 ,- , of those who are endeavouring to lorcel)%re GOGUES, INNOVATORS, REFORMERS, or, appropriate language, ReneLs, Taarrogs, the of VEIITERS, IWO the Representation of on e t oe' first Cities in the Empire, anticov(l quently of the whole civilized world. ‘Ble that these miscreants placard with the 0 15 0 5 abuse a well-known public character, wb ° P ott . much right to manifest his political o pini °lls p or e ' partialhies as themselves, and, indeed, ircr right, because his principles are not ' 0 r nant with mischief to the State, to ere 7 “A' cause he stood forward in support mu EL RoMILLY, whom, thon4h i we dis B g ree l i t blr him in political sentiments, we shall not ii/s( cr ate cle s P any comparison with the ignorAnt and , for miiereants who oppose him, in order t o bil" ward their own factions Idols. v,ish to cCnceal our real st.iie , beca:lse iti tik there is not a man here who is alt.:id to face any sort of danger. We are now strongly fenced in, and our position in all respects so good, that, armed as We are, we ought to male a formidable defence against even regular troops; what then would be thought of lig, if we allowed ourselves to lie sortwitud by a set of naked sa vages, with their spears and creeses? It is true ther have swivels i:i their boats, but they canmot act here. I bane not observed that they have any matchloel;st or muskets: but, if they have, so have we. Ido not wish to deceive you :is to the means of resistance in our power.-- When we were first thrown together on shore, we. were almost defenceless ; .75 ball-cartridges only could be muster ed: we have now WOO! They cannot, I - believe, send up more than five hundred men : but with two hundred such as now stand around me, I do not fear a thousand, n-sy, fif t vet) hundreti of them ! I have the fullest confi , lence that we shall beat them: the pike:nen sninding firm. we can give them such a volley of muslittry as they will be little prepared far; and, when we find they are thrown into confusion, we'll sally out among them, chase them into the water, and ten to one but we secure their vessel,. Let every man therefore be on the alert with his wrens in his bands ; and, should these barbarians this night attempt our hill, I trust we shall con vince them that they arc dealing with Britons." Let every hones.l Liector of Westminster read this speech, reflect on the sitaotion in which it was ntiered, and then ask himself NVlletliCr his conscience would acquit him it he did not give his hearty vote to Captain MAXWELL, and relic thrr he would not do honour to himself and his City by giviu t z his zealous support to a Candi dAie so resolute, so Ironiane, so intrepid, and so es!im,ible THLATRICAL'REGISTER. Performed Last Night. Tttr•ATR RnvAt., CovENT-GARDEN.----A Cure fur the Heart- AcLe. After which, Brother auo Sistev. NIAII.S. A 4RIVFM-1 Dublin, 1 Waterford, 1 France. Due-1 Dublin, I Waterford, 1 Malta. PRICE 0 r STOCKS ILVIvi: o'c IA +GK. THIS MAY AT r Bank 'Stack— . '279; 230'270 A per Cunt. Red 7844 3 per Cent. 4 per Cents 96-i 97 Bank L. Ann..... 201 5- ifit India Bondy 90s. 91s. pr. Ex. Bills, 2d. 20s 16s. 18s. pr Ditto, 2Ad.. lBs. 19s. pr. pr. Ons. fur Account—... HIGH IVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE T0.N10.1111.0W. Morning, 18 minutes after 10. I Evening, 43 minutes after In. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICZKE FALSUM AUDEIT ? LONDON, • SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1818,. N 111 1) NEWS. s iilct► . ----,,,,..------ - DEM., JUNE Ic2.—Camc down from the hirer 2"- oter e" the CClberns, Fotherin;ham, for Madras , • an Button, for Halifax. 4 W U' PLYMOUTH, JUNE4l.—Carne in the Ocean trance „re! Cibraltar, with troops for Portsmouth —Pa ssed u i P 2i Cil. "%°' the North American, —, f ron , n .• g° l--13; I....ttasua for . a t una pistils Cx;ar, Selby; from Jamaica Int- Lond on. FALmourn, JUNE 10 —Arrived tins es'ening tbecoose cutter front a cruize, and is put tinder quarantine ii ,.bralt 3r (pence of having boarded the Ocean transport fr" ° (ji with troops for Portsmouth. , Geor s" Sct it Y . , JUNE 4.—Arriv,td off this place the stor 0 i the Head, from Antigua. 7TH—Ship stiri.ey, Vaine t - a eleo fil Not thumhrian, Lawson,—both from Bengal and St' 11 0 e if) Helena, 11:aligate, from 76iontserrat, all well. 9111 --Ca ' fof the Halls, Hall, from Grenada for London. 'rncl ei I LIVERPOOL, JUNE I l•—tiailed the Coraw4l4 -- Calcutta. d the Coul• flail The TAdy of Col. DuKt - N, ( --- ;" T e e 11'131 ' ; te d ili Engin:Tr:s, had her LAW -hone bw k "' f 11. days Hgo . , at Harwich, I, the overtorohnC.(c'df, • curial, and the coachman wp much Igu° c at q i , e 1)1 11, Uri,